Intro: You should’ve seen the look on the face of the boss of the second shift When I threw my hardhat at him and suggested the box where he could stick it I walked downstairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem Like I’d seen The Savior had tears in my eyes Holding my hands up and shoutin A-men Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do I spent most of my life wrapped up tight In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know You might tell me where to go But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do We buried daddy just last week at the church that saved his soul Man he dreamed of pilot’s wings spent his whole life digging coal I got a guitar up under my bed, but I’ve been to scared to fly That’s enough of that stuff I’m packing up my trunk You can just kiss my butt good bye Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do I spent most of my life wrapped up tight In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know You might tell me where to go But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do Ponte: Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do I spent most of my life wrapped up tight In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know You might tell me where to go But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do I walked down stairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem